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As the city grows alarmed at gang shootings, the Police cite soothing statistics
Also, there's a new initiative and the SPD promises to work more closely with other departments. Please stop worrying.
Peggy Sturdivant
Peggy Sturdivant writes a weekly column for the Westside Weekly, and is curator of the It's About Time Writers Reading Series, founder of Ballard Writers Collective, and has worked in environmental co
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There's sudden movement in updating Seattle neighborhood plans
I've been tracking the City of Seattle's proposal to update the neighborhood plans since March in the series There Go the Neighborhoods [/authors/peggy-sturdivant/]. You wouldn't think I'd be caught unawares before the only currently scheduled public hearing before City Council's Planning, Land Use,
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How light rail drives Seattle neighborhood planning
Chapter 6: After a year of discussion on updating neighborhood plans, the City of Seattle saw the light. That would be the approaching beam of light rail in the first three neighborhoods.
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Seattle, it's lonely at the top of the real estate market
Does rating higher than the rest of the country really make Seattle the top real estate market?
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Fighting City Hall from the bottom up
Chapter 2: Neighborhood district councils are the starting point for citizen involvement in Seattle. At the bottom of the hierarchy, it is a world of long meetings and grinding process. You can have influence there, but it will require a great deal of patience.